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Rookie of the barracks:

Pete Rose was mopping barracks floors at Fort Knox, Ky., part of his six-month hitch in the U.S. Army Reserves, when he learned he had won National League Rookie of the Year for hitting .273 with 170 hits and scoring 101 runs.

Nov. 20, 1963: Pete Rose, outstanding rookie second baseman for the Cincinnati Reds last season, is serving a six-month hitch with the U.S. Army at Ft. Knox Kentucky, where he ran across old school chum, Private First Class Carolyn Cornes of the Armor Center's WAC Detachment. Both attended Sayler Park Elementary School in Cincinnati.(Photo: File photo)

The Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame & Museum is offering free general admission to all veterans and active military members (with valid I.D.) Friday (Nov. 10) through Sunday (Nov. 12) in honor of Veterans Day, and compiled the following list of Reds Hall of Famers who served in the armed forces:

Johnny Bench - Army Reserve

Ewell Blackwell - Army

Smoky Burgess - Army

Harry Craft - Navy

Lonny Frey - Army

Warren Giles - Army

Ken Griffey, Sr. - Army Reserve

Tommy Helms - Marine Corps Reserve

Bob Howsam - Navy

Fred Hutchinson - Navy

Brooks Lawrence - Army

Mike McCormick - Army, Air Force

Joe Morgan - Army

Eppa Rixey - Army

Pete Rose - Army Reserve

Johnny Temple - Navy

Johnny Vander Meer - Navy

Plaques of the Reds Hall of Famers who have served their country will be marked for visitors' reference, according to the Reds Hall of Fame and Museum.

The Reds Hall of Fame & Museum at Great American Ball Park is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday during the offseason.